• Index: Overview of current policy initiatives and background discussions facilitated by Humanitarian Resource Institute and the United Nations Arts Initiative.
  

Outside of the Box	Country Goes Global

In the publication "Biological Threats and Terrorism, Assessing the Science and Response Capabilities: Workshop Summary," the National Academy of Sciences has recognized Humanitarian Resource Institute (HRI) as one of nine leading educational and research institutions. These include:

• Center for Nonproliferation Studies.
• Columbia University: Center for Public Health Preparedness.
• Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government: Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
• Humanitarian Resource Institute.
  
• Johns Hopkins University: Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies.
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Center for International Studies.
• National Academy of Sciences.
• University of Maryland: Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland.
• University of Minnesota: Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy.

• Foreign Animal Disease Online Course:  Veterinary Medicine Graduate/Post Doctoral, Instructor: Stephen M. Apatow, Director of Research and Development.
• Zoonotic Disease Online Course: Medicine Graduate/Post Doctoral, Instructor: Stephen M. Apatow, Director of Research and Development.

• Classical Ballet Based Biomechanics and Orthopedic Analysis Level 1: Undergraduate/Graduate/Professional, Instructor: Stephen M. Apatow, Director of Research and Development.
  

• International Health Regulation Online Course: Law, Instructor: Stephen M. Apatow, Director of Research and Development.

• American Arbitration Association
• American Society of International Law
• American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
  
• Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies
• International Bar Association
• International Studies Association
• National Association of Scholars

CONSULTANCY

Pathobiologics International
Url: www.pathobiologics.org

Representative Presentations, Workshops and Media

• Keynote Speaker:  The Future of Biodetection Systems - Final Workshop Analysis: The Future of Biodetection Systems Workshop was held last year to bring together industry, academia, national labs, and federal agency personnel in an interactive process, to develop a roadmap for research and development investment in biodetection.  Sponsored by Los Alamos National Laboratory, September 26 & 27 2006. -- Overview: BTACC Pathobiologics International.  DNA-based Detection Technologies: Powerpoint Presentation.
  
• Member of the scientific committee of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Tourist Health and Travel Medicine, 2005: Fifth European Conference on Travel Medicine.
  
• EHPNET: Humanitarian Resource Institute Emerging Infectious Disease Network: Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), an online publication by the Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Volume 112, Number 1, January 2004. 
• Keynote Speaker: 8th annual meeting of the Association of Veterinary Biologics Companies (AVBC), 5 November 2003.
• 2002 Award for Excellence in Outbreak Reporting on the Internet: International Society for Infectious Diseases, ProMED-mail.
• U.S. Representative for Agricultural Security: U.S. Medicine Institute for Health Studies Forum "Food, Air, Water, and Terrorism: Assessing the Risk," sponsored by the Department of Defense, Global Emerging Infections System and Annapolis Center.  29 January 2002.   The paper "Agricultural Security and Emergency Preparedness: Protecting One of America's Infrastructures," Stephen M. Apatow, Humanitarian Resource Institute, was a reference point for agricultural security.
  

• Academic: Exercise Physiology, Sports Medicine, Sabbatical 1984.
• 1984-90: Full time training for ultra distance running, ultra-distance cycling, national & international level competition in cross country skiing and rowing. 
• 1985: Accepted to the national development camp for cycling, Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
• 1986-89: Through the help of Tony Johnson, heavyweight rowing coach at Yale, began cross training sweep rowing and sculling with the New Haven Rowing Club.
  
• Studied modern, jazz and ballet training at the Lee Lund Academy from 1985-88 and the Soviet System of Ballet Training at the Nutmeg Ballet Company from 1988-91.
• 1987: Presentation at Rossignol Cross Country Ski Clinic, speakers included Bill Koch and Lyle Nelson coordinated by Mike Gallagher, (former Olympian and Olympic Cross-Country Ski Coach), Mountain Top Inn, Chittenden, Vermont.
  
• Martial Arts: As a participant in the study of martial arts for over 20 years, classical ballet training provided a scientific method (utilizing a similar approach used in eastern bloc development programs) to optimize speed, strength, leverage mechanics, force generation and technique. Current training emphasis is Judo/Jujitsu. Founder: JudoSport International. 
• Technical consultant for Cheryl Madeux, Finalist, Lausanne International Ballet Competition in 1990. 
• Technical consultant for U.S. National Team athletes from Harvard University, members of World and Olympic Festival Teams. Sports applications include professional football, national level wrestling, hockey cross-country and downhill skiing, skating and martial arts. 
• Speaker at 1990 Coaches Association Meeting for Sport Canada at the Olympic Complex in Ottawa, Canada. 
• Upon request, applications of the analysis correction and retraining procedures to enhance the joint flexibility and technical performance for classical ballet training have been applied to musculo-skeletal disorders that include entrapment neuropathies, Scoliosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Asthma, Fibromyalgia, Frederick's Ataxia and Multiple Sclerosis. One of our cases with Rheumatoid Arthritis was submitted to the National Arthritis Foundation Peer Review Board in 1990. Analysis and corrective procedures have been adapted to help spinal herniations for physicians at Yale Medical School. 
• Small animal veterinary application of human biomechanics procedures leads to work with hundreds of horses in dressage, hunter-jumper and western training programs. (See: Expanding Human to Veterinary Biomechanics Applications)
• 1994-98: Corrective procedures developed to enhance the technical ability of the international level dancer in ballet were adapted into dressage and hunter-jumper specific training programs for both horse and rider. This work was formally introduced as an equestrian development program at the USDF Adult Camp in Boise, ID in 1997. In 1998, the USDF Region V Adult Camp in Jackson Wyoming provided USDF University Credit for the lecture presentation on "Biomechanics and Structural Analysis of Both Horse and Rider." 
• 1999: Presenter at Society of State Directors of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts.
• 1999 - Present: Research and development of programs associated with the optimization of classical ballet training, Olympic development programs and specialized orthopedic applications.
• 2002 International Sports Science Association Fitness Therapist Review: The Science and Practice of Rehabilitative Exercise integrate theory and practice in the health care arena. This specialized field utilizes information from the world of rehabilitation, pathology, functional anatomy and physiology and blends it with the world of fitness training dealing with aerobic conditioning strength training, skill development, exercise progression and prescription for special population groups. 
• 2003: "Optimization of Classical Ballet and Sports Development Programs" workshop was introduced at the 11 state American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) Combined Convention on February 12, 2003 in Reno-Sparks, Nevada. 
• Director, Dancescience Development Program: International medical, scientific, and educational resource center. 

• "I can only say that Mr. Apatow's technique seemed to work in this case (C5,6 entrapment  neuropathy) more efficiently than any other method tried,  including both medicinal and physical therapy." Richard E. Kaufman, M.D., P.C., Yale Medical School.

• "As a 52 year old sufferer of various severe sports related injuries for most of my adult life. i.e. back, neck, shoulder, etc. I have been treated by neurologists, orthopedics,  psychotherapists, and chiropractors using most forms of conventional therapy and  medicinal procedures. From this experience, I can state that Steve Apatow's special treatment of joint  injuries has proven the most effective procedure, from both a  short-term and long-term standpoint." Richard Norris, Research and Development Engineer - opened discussion at MIT for the development of a CAD analysis system that could be used with Cat Scan or MRI.

• "This type of training will be a major thing of the future." Sharon Dante, Nutmeg Ballet Company (Gold medalist coach, 1984 International Ballet Competition, New York City).

• American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
• International Sport Science Association (ISSA)
• American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
• International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS)
• National Dance Association (NDA)
• American Association for Health Education (AAHE)
• National Association for Sport & Physical Education (NASPE)

1990: National Clearinghouse for Alcohol & Drug Information Project
www.cycleacrossamerica.org

• Initiative opens the first the toll free hotline (1-800-Say-No-To-Drugs) providing public access to the Federal Resource for Drug & Alcohol Information.
• Strategic planning and development of the 6000 mile transcontinental campaign through 270 cities in 17 states.
• Grass roots networking encompassed federal, state and local elected officials, municipalities, state and county education departments, youth programs, interfaith community and media.
• Coordination of press conferences and media events.
• The initiative is the largest touch outreach campaign ever coordinated through the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention.

• Strategic planning of pilot project coordinated in cooperation with the New York State Division of Substance Abuse Services to develop "Guidelines for the dissemination of Substance Abuse Information and Materials." 
• The guideline was developed to help programs effectively network public health information down to the household level through multiple communication pathways that already exist in communities. 

• Initiative targets humanitarian relief efforts in the United States.
• Strategic planning and development of the 3000 mile transcontinental campaign through  133 cities in 11 states.
• Grass roots networking encompassed federal, state and local elected officials, municipalities, state and county education departments, youth programs, interfaith community and media.
• Coordination of press conferences and media events.

• Strategic planning and media development for the U.S. Women's Championships and qualifier for the 1999 World Championship in China.

• Strategic Planning and development of an international education initiative to provide  research reports, infrastructure risk statistics and resources relating to contingency planning for the Year 2000 conversion. 
• Communication networks included corporate and inter-governmental programs, newspaper, radio, television and media networks in approximately 195 countries.